R.A. The RUGGED Man: 'Kendrick is Not a Top Five Lyricist'

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Kendrick is a better overall artist though; what he lacks in pure bars/ lyricism he makes up for in storytelling which many rappers can't seem to pull off that well IMO
 
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Kendrick is my second favorite behind Lupe and I still say if we are talking about LYRICISM this man is right.

Wale is a better lyricist than Kendrick but The Coli will never rock with that because he's a diva. Kendrick doesn't have the "rewind that last bar" factor that Wale has. Wale is a legit wordsmith. Kendrick is a great crafter of songs, has amazing flow and a unique way of delivering things, and because of this(and the fact he stands out compared to the garbage around him) makes people believe he is an elite LYRICIST when he is not.

Royce Da 5'9, Ab-Soul, Eminem, Crooked I, Blu, Wale are all artists I'd say are firmly better lyrically than Kendrick. And before you claim bias, I don't even like some of those guys. It just is what it is.

Kendrick might be in the top 10 but not top 5, and that's still a big maybe as I haven't even mentioned names that are an obvious choice like Lupe and Nas.

Joey Bada$$ is also a better lyricist than Kendrick by quite a lot.
NO NO NO NO


with the words, if we're talking PURE lyricism, Kendrick is definitely HEAD and shoulders above wale, ab soul and speciallY JOE TRASHASS

Joey is not a lyricist, he rhymes for the sake of it, he ain't saying shyt, NOTHING. Don't underrate kendrick because hes an artist, when he has to be lyrical;, hes way more lyrical than 80% of the artists you mentioned.

and dude is right, ab soul is wack, hes trying too hard to have bars but all of them are CORNY
 

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Kendrick is definitely one of gthez best lyricists of the last few years, just because he has the perfect balance and drops music for everybody (club bangers, ignorant music, west coast music, storytelling songs, lyrical songs) doesn't mean he ain't the best lyrically. He doesn't always have to drop lyrical songs because he has different fans, he has to drop music for everybody

but people like joey badass, wale and them other artists are not fukking with kendrick's pen game.
 

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if we don't count veterans like Nas then right now only lupe fiasco is better.

Sure Los may be lyrical all the time but he is not fukking with kendrick at his best. When kendrick wants to, he's amazing.
 

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Joey Bada$$ being better than Kendrick is laughable. Maybe down the line but surely not now. Lamar is better than all those guys u named besides Em like in 2002. Lamar destroyed Ab Soul on every track they done together so WTF
hes trippin.. Joey Bada$$ only has multi syllabic rhymes that ruin the music, He doesn't have any content in his music, nothing.
 

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if we're talking from a pure lyrical standpoint kendrick is most definitely the best of his class and I don't even fukk with him like that. And his class would be Wale, krit, ab soul, cole, and all these other underground cats etc
 
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Kendrick is a better overall artist though; what he lacks in pure bars/ lyricism he makes up for in storytelling which many rappers can't seem to pull off that well IMO
Rigamortis, Look out for Detox, Control, How he goes off in the heart part 1 2 and 3. Come on now...
 

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on his lyrical songs Kendrick is a beast, probably one of my top 4 favorite lyricists


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it reminds me of what lord jamar said, he said the same thing then people gave him kendrick songs and he tweeted:

"ok, as A man I can admit when I'm wrong" :mjlol:

Kendrick has songs that his peers can't fukk with lyrically.
 

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Rigamortis, Look out for Detox, Control, How he goes off in the heart part 1 2 and 3. Come on now...
yea i know those tracks, I've been a Kendrick fan since Overly Dedicated...but I'm just trying to point out what impresses me more about K Dot and I'm not going into the lyrical debate right now.
 
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